Toy.



J. G. CLEMENS.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1916.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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40 its upper end being open, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. At 1ts UNITED .s'r T s PATENT orries.

JOHN G. CLEMENS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 86,026.

manufactured and sold at a low cost. The

. toy is of that type resembling the well known Cartesian diver and it is one-aim of the present invention to so'construct the submergible image as to insure ofsame ris-.- [ing to the surface of the water when the pressure creating device is rendered. inactive so that it will notbe-necessary to repeatedly, empty. the water from the tube for the purpose of removing any surplus volume of water which may have remained within the image after having been submerged...

- In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view partly in side-elevation and partly in vertical section illustrating the toy em bod-ying the present invention, the submergible image being illustrated in section and at Y the surface of the liquid within the tube or body of the toy. Fig. 2 is a vertical lon tudinal sectional view through the toy, t e

Iimage being illustrated submerged. Fig. 3

is a detail iew partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section, illustrating the said submergible image.

Inthe drawings the toy is illustrated as. including a base-1 which may be of wood,

" papier mach or any other suitable material a socket 2 receiving the lower end of a glass and which is provided in its upper side with tube 3, this end of the tube being closed and upper end the tube is provided exteriorly with a bead 4' which surroundsthe mouth of the tube and fitted to the said mouth of the tube is a rubber bulb 5 preferably hav-' ing a thickened rim 6 fitting beneaththe bead 4 and snugly surrounding the tube immediately below the said bead whereby to render the connection between the bulb and the upper'end of the tube an air-tight one.

: The tube 3 is nearly filled with water as indicated at '7- and placed within the tube and upon the "surface of the water is the submergible image shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This image comprises a hollow body 8 which in shape preferably resembles a submarine and the body preferably 1s formed with a hollow-turret portion 9. The body is closed on all sides except at its bottom where it is'provided with an open-' ing 10 and the said bottom of the body is formed interiorly with, a flange or wall 11 .which surrounds the opening 10 and extends upwardly into the body with its upper edge term natingfin a plane substantially at the longitudinal median line of the body. By

reference-to Fig. 1 of the drawings it will beobservedthat when the image is floating fu 'p on the surface of the water or other l quid, the body ,will be filled with the hquid to a level coincident with the top or upper edge of the said flangell and consequently the image will'be supported with its lower portionsubmergedand its upper portion lying above the surface of the liquid. When pressure is exerted against the opposite sides of the bulb 5 in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the air within the tube :3 above the surface of the liquid there.- in Wlll be compressed and as a conse uence surplus volume of liquid will be orced upwardly through the opening 10 and into the body 8' of the submergible image. This will cause the image'to sink to a greater or less depth in the liquid, depending upon the volume of water entering the image and which volume is, of course, increased in proportion' to increase in pressure exerted against the opposite sides of the bulb. When 1 the bulb is relieved of'pressure it will again expand and the aircompressed within the image will cause an outflow of the surplus volume of the liquid which has entered the same and the image will rise to the surface of the liquid. It will ,be understood that the flange 11 serves to retain a sufficient volumeof. liquid within the image to insure of the image maintaining an upright position upon the surface of the liquid when the bulb 5 is not under pressure and that this volume remains the same at all times except when the bulb is compressed. Therefore, there is no. likelihood of the image becoming so nearly filled with the liquid as to remain submerged after the bulb has been relieved of pressure. It will be further understood that the submergible image may have some form other than that shown in the drawings and that any other type of compression device may be employed in place of the bulb 5.

Having thus described the invention, what a is claimed as new is:

A submergible image comprising a hollow body having an inlet opening in its under side, the body being provided interiorly with a wall surrounding the said opening adapted to retain a predetermined volume of 10 liquid within the said body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN G. CLEMENS. 11. S 

